Show #2493 1995-06-07 (taped 1995-02-01) Regular

Contestants

Dave Cameron — a historian from Santa Monica, California

Ilene Markell — a musician originally from Memphis, Tennessee

Tom Gardner — an inventor and engineer from Walnut Creek, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$1,000	$2,200	$6,600	$6,500 2nd place: Broyhill bedroom + Magnavox VCR + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computers or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy home game	$6,600 19 R, 2 W
Ilene	$1,900	$3,800	$9,200	$13,201 New champion: $13,201	$8,000 24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Dave	$600	$2,400	$10,200	$200 3rd place: Krieger watch + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computers or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy home game	$9,600 15 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. RIVERS	SILENT MOVIES	FIRE	ANIMALS	INVENTORS	ABBREVIATIONS
$100 [1] This river forms Virginia's northeast border the Potomac Tom	$100 [4] Lon Chaney played this part in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" with 40 lbs. of rubber on his back Quasimodo Ilene	$100 [13] Crassus gained land in this city by buying burning buildings & having his own fire brigade put them out Rome Tom	$100 [5] To haul itself onto the ice, this aquatic mammal often uses its long tusks as hooks the walrus Ilene	$100 [26] Adolphe Sax invented the saxotromba as well as this better-known musical instrument the saxophone Tom Dave	$100 [17] This center of operations for a business or organization is abbreviated HQ headquarters Ilene
$200 [2] Otter Creek, the longest river within this state, flows from near East Dorset to Lake Champlain Vermont Tom	$200 [7] He made "Intolerance" in part due to what he thought was intolerant reaction to "The Birth of a Nation" D.W. Griffith Ilene	$200 [14] Gen. Sherman's troops occupied this city for about 2 months before setting it ablaze in November 1864 Atlanta Tom	$200 [6] The pudu of South America is the smallest of these antlered animals deer	$200 [27] Nehemiah Grew found magnesium sulfate in springs near Epsom, Surrey, "inventing" this substance Epsom salts Ilene	$200 [18] If you're looking to buy property, you might know that dup. stands for this a duplex Tom
$300 [3] This river begins at Tear-of-the-Clouds Lake on Mount Marcy in northern New York State the Hudson Dave	$300 [8] Rollie Totheroh photographed many movies for this director & star, including "The Gold Rush" & "City Lights" Chaplin Dave	$300 [15] Under this Babylonian's code, a fireman who looted was to be thrown into the fire Hammurabi Ilene	$300 [11] A snipe is a type of this creature a bird Ilene	$300 [28] This liquid was not a safe explosive until inventor Alfred Nobel used it in making dynamite nitroglycerin Tom	$300 [20] To recover from an accident, a patient might need OT, which is this occupational therapy Ilene
$400 [19] This northwest river generates about 1/3 of the hydroelectric power produced in the U.S. the Columbia River Ilene	$400 [9] Lois Wilson played Daisy Buchanan in the 1926 silent version of this Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby Ilene	$400 [24] In 1992 a fire destroyed St. George's Hall in this British Castle Windsor Castle Tom	$400 [12] In the 1700s farmers in Lanarkshire, Scotland developed this popular draft horse the Clydesdale Tom	$400 [29] The Tabulating Machine Company of inventor Herman Hollerith grew into this major corporation IBM Tom	$400 [21] Found in most sizable communities, C. of C. stands for this chamber of commerce Ilene
DD $700 [23] In Utah the Green River is the main tributary of this river the Colorado Dave	$500 [10] Inspired by a trip to New York, this futuristic Fritz Lang film used over 30,000 extras Metropolis Ilene	$500 [25] This Istanbul church stands on the site of a cathedral that burned in the Nika riot of 532 the Hagia Sophia Ilene	$500 [16] This large salamander was named for the erroneous belief that it could bark a mud puppy	$500 [30] Around 1912 Vincent Bendix invented this device that made hand cranking of autos unnecessary the starter Dave	$500 [22] An M.L. is a master of letters; an M.L.S. is a master of this master of library science Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	LABOR TERMS	WORLD CITIES	ISLAM	MUSEUMS	ENGLISH LIT.
$200 [14] In 1851, nearly 70 years before U.S. Prohibition, Maine passed a law banning the sale of this alcohol Ilene	$200 [24] Clothing part whose color distinguishes manual laborers from management a white collar (a blue collar) Tom	$200 [1] 150-foot-wide O'Connell Street in this Irish city is one of Europe's widest streets Dublin Tom	$200 [6] Under Islamic law, a man may have 4 of these, all entitled to equal treatment wives Tom	$200 [4] El Greco's "Adoration of the Shepherds" can be seen at this Spanish museum the Prado Ilene	$200 [3] Dickens thought about calling this novel "The Copperfield Survey of the World as it Rolled" David Copperfield Dave
$400 [19] From 1947 to 1949, this Cabinet department was known as the National Military Establishment the Defense Department Ilene	$400 [27] A walkout is a strike in which the workers leave the factory & this is a strike in which they stay inside a sit-down Ilene	$400 [2] The name of Bloemfontein, this country's judicial capital, means "fountain of flowers" South Africa Ilene	$400 [15] The record of his precepts, actions & life is called hadith Muhammad Ilene	$400 [9] Muskogee in this state has a museum devoted to the Five Civilized Tribes Oklahoma Tom	$400 [5] Published in 1939, "The Map of Love" is a volume of stories & poems by this Welshman Dylan Thomas Ilene
$600 [20] Before the great debates, he drew up the Kansas-Nebraska Act Stephen Douglas Dave	$600 [28] It's the extra money you get when your employment is terminated severance pay Ilene	$600 [7] The Cosmos Hotel in this East European city was built for the Olympics held there in 1980 Moscow Tom	$600 [18] A mihrab, or prayer niche, in the qibla wall of this type of structure shows the direction to Mecca a mosque Tom	$600 [11] Syracuse, New York has a museum that features historical exhibits on this waterway the Erie Canal Tom	$600 [16] This older sister of Osbert & Sacheverell Sitwell published her 1st volume of verse in 1915 Edith (Sitwell) Ilene
$800 [21] This Indian's war ended August 27, 1832 with his capture Black Hawk Dave	$1,000 [30] The Labor- Management Relations Act, better known as this, was passed in 1947 over Truman's veto Taft-Hartley Dave	$800 [8] In this Canadian city, you can visit Old Fort York, burned by U.S. forces in the War of 1812 Toronto, Ontario Dave	$800 [25] Most of the Muslims of this Pacific island nation are called the Moro the Philippines Tom	$800 [12] A 10-foot mural of Black history adorns a wall of this city's Dusable Museum of African American history Chicago Tom	$800 [17] His novel "The Mayor of Casterbridge" opens near the village of Weydon-Priors in Upper Wessex Thomas Hardy Ilene
DD $1,400 [22] This Massachusetts uprising ended in February 1787 after its leader fled the state Shays' Rebellion Dave	DD $2,000 [29] In Marxist theory, this working class does not possess capital or means of production the proletariat Ilene	$1,000 [10] In the 1200s settlers from Meissen founded this city that later gave its name to Meissen's porcelain Dresden Tom	$1,000 [26] This cube-shaped central shrine of Islam had already attracted pilgrims in pre-Islamic Arabia the Kaaba Tom Ilene Dave	$1,000 [13] The Way It Was Museum in this Nevada mining town has a video on the history of the Comstock Lode Virginia City Dave	$1,000 [23] Rima the Bird Girl is the daughter of an evil spirit named Didi in this "colorful" novel by W.H. Hudson Green Mansions Dave

Final Jeopardy!

ITALIAN OPERA

The title of this Puccini opera is the last name of the opera's heroine, a famous singer named Floria

Tosca

Tom "What is Aida" — wagered $100

Ilene "What is Tosca?" — wagered $4,001

Dave "What is Gianni Schic" — wagered $10,000

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